Running east to west through the heart of the country through rolling landscape is the Oxford to Hereford line. Stephen Roberts takes a trip over a route which operates with a mix of single- and
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Category: Freight
All change on the Great Northern
eter Brown takes a ride on the new Class 717 EMUs, which over the next few months will transform Great Northern services.
Read moreHarry Needle Railroad Co expands with £6m Worksop depot takeover
Harry Needle Railroad Co has taken over the former DB Schenker wagon repair depot in Worksop
Read moreKiwi Rail’s ‘Coastal Pacific’ back after 2016 earthquake
KIWI Rail’s ‘Coastal Pacific’ passenger train between Christchurch and Picton (for connection with ferries to Wellington) restarted operations on December 1. This development follows a two-year suspension after the Kaikoura earthquake on November 14, 2016,
Read moreFreight tonnage slumps to lowest point since 1996/97
BRITISH rail freight operators recorded the lowest total volume of freight lifted since 1996/97 for the period between July and September 2018. Figures compiled by the Office of Rail and Road show that although the
Read morePort operator criticises ‘short-sighted’ trans-Pennine route upgrade plans
PD Ports, which operates Teesport in Middlesbrough, has criticised the lack of provision for freight growth in Network Rail’s £3 billion trans-Pennine route upgrade. It called the decision to upgrade the 76-mile route between Leeds
Read moreTHE KING’S CROSS STORY 200 YEARS OF HISTORY IN THE RAILWAY LANDS
By Peter Darley THIS is a superb book. Peter Darley tells the story of the Great Northern’s King’s Cross station and the extensive nearby ‘Railway Lands’ during the last 200 years. The term Railway Lands
Read moreFreightliner wins massive Mendip stone contract
Freightliner scored a major coup when it secured one of the country’s biggest railfreight contracts.
Read moreClass 50s to receive GB Railfreight livery
The decision to repaint the locomotives into the new livery marks a new chapter in the story of the Class 50s.
Read moreUK Railtours buzzes around rare lines in Kent
NOVEMBER 17 saw UK Railtours take a tour of rare and freight-only lines in the south-east of England, including the branch to Dungeness in Kent. Bearing the catchy title ‘The Return of the Short Haired
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